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Suggest Treatment Options For Throat Infection

Hi Doctor My son 4.4 yrs old, suffering from throat infection for consecutive 3 weeks. He has taken antibiotic for last 2weeks and once the course of 8 days get over, within 2 days he is again suffering from the same thing. The result of throat swab is as below:Gram’s stain : Occasional pus cells, epithelial cells and Many Gram positive cocci in singles, pairs, clusters seen.Culture Report: Normal flora of Upper Respiratory tract .C - REACTIVE PROTEIN 1.16 What could be the reason of this? How this can be treated?
Mon, 16 Jan 2017
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Hi,

As per your complain and as per your son's throat culture report it seems that your son is suffering from bacterial throat infection also known as Strep throat. As it is a bacterial infection he needs antibiotics only and other remedies fr faster relief.

Consult a Pediatrician and get evaluated and he can advise you a course of antibiotics for at least 2 weeks and along with it a steroid shot and short course oral steroids can also be advised. He can also be advised anti inflammatory painkillers like Ibuprofen, doing warm saline gargles, steam inhalation and using a humidifier in your room can help..You can also suck throat lozenges, chew Vitamin C pellet and avoid spicy and chilled foods.

Hope this information helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Thanks and regards,
Dr. Honey Nandwani Arora
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Suggest Treatment Options For Throat Infection

Hi, As per your complain and as per your son s throat culture report it seems that your son is suffering from bacterial throat infection also known as Strep throat. As it is a bacterial infection he needs antibiotics only and other remedies fr faster relief. Consult a Pediatrician and get evaluated and he can advise you a course of antibiotics for at least 2 weeks and along with it a steroid shot and short course oral steroids can also be advised. He can also be advised anti inflammatory painkillers like Ibuprofen, doing warm saline gargles, steam inhalation and using a humidifier in your room can help..You can also suck throat lozenges, chew Vitamin C pellet and avoid spicy and chilled foods. Hope this information helps. Let me know if I can assist you further. Thanks and regards, Dr. Honey Nandwani Arora